Trading down easier said than done for Miami Dolphins

Even before the Dolphins traded two second-round picks for Brandon Marshall, it made sense Dolphins’ decision-makers would be shopping the No. 12 selection for a chance to move down in Round 1 and acquire more picks.

As it stands now, Miami has just two top-100 picks this week in a draft some believe to be the deepest in memory.

But teams aren’t expected to part with draft picks easily, especially this year.

Schefter reported the Packers, who hold the No. 23 pick, and Eagles (No. 24) have expressed interest in trading up to 10 to 12 range Thursday night.

Jacksonville could be competition since a report surface last week the Jags were shopping the No. 10 pick.

To move from the teens to No. 12, a team would have to forfeit its second-round pick. But to move from the 20s to No. 12 would require a second- and fourth-round pick, one scout said, based on the draft-pick value chart.

“I don’t know if there’s going to be teams that want to do it with this deep of a draft,” the scout said.

But he said there are scenarios that could play out in the Dolphins favor, primarily if Clemson running back C.J. Spiller and Notre Dame Jimmy Clausen are on the board when Miami is on the clock.

“Seattle (picking 14th) wants C.J. Spiller; San Francisco (No. 13) wants Jimmy Clausen,” the scout said. “So there could be a team that wants to jump in front of San Fran and get Clausen. But I’m trying to think who would want to jump up and get Clausen. Those teen picks I don’t see a team that that would do it.

“I’m trying to think who would want a quarterback that is in the 20s that would try to get into 12 or who would want to get C.J. Spiller. Houston wants a running back, but they don’t want a C.J. Spiller type, they want a between-the-tackle-type pounder.